Easy & Elegant Home Decorating: 25 Stylish Projects for Your Home - Hardcover

Maflin, Andrea

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816038295 ISBN 13: 9780816038299

Publisher: Checkmark Books, 1998

Synopsis

Based on six easy-to-master techniques, from decoupage to stenciling, and featuring eight pages of pull-out templates, a full-color guide presents twenty-five simple, contemporary and stylish decorating projects for the whole house. $20,000 ad/promo.

About this title

From Library Journal:

These project books contain quick, do-it-yourself decorating ideas with easy-to-follow instructions. Lynn and Dimmick cover sewless fabric projects, decorated picture frames, etched glass, and napkin rings, among other things. Maflin shows gilding, stenciling, paper crafts, painting, printing, and mosaic projects using an Engish modern style. Lynn goes into more complicated projects such as rug painting that are covered in more detail elsewhere (see Caroline O'Neill Kuchinsky's Fabulous Floorcloths, reviewed below), but her "Shabby Chic"-style projects include a guide to the type of store that will carry needed materials. Dimmick, whose projects will appeal to twenty- and thirtysomethings, includes a mostly New York resource list and the approximate cost and time needed to complete each project. All good additions where there is a great interest in crafts, with Lynn's perhaps the most highly recommended because of the variety of projects.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal:

YA-While this book's title may not at first attract teens, the clear instructions will encourage their creativity and the craft projects will be fun to complete and look great when finished. Readers can choose from gilding (a flower pot, picture frames, a glass table); stenciling (a blanket, cushion covers, a mirror); decoupage; painting and printing; and using mosaic tiles. All projects use basic supplies available at any craft store. A separate section of templates adds to the ease of creating each activity. Its organization, instructions, and colorful photographs make this book an outstanding introduction to mastering a number of crafts that might become lifelong hobbies.
Catherine Charvat, King's Park Library, Burke, VA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Checkmark Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0816038295
• ISBN 13: 9780816038299
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128